Penny Hollander Feldman, Ph.D. is Senior Vice President for
Research and Evaluation at the Visiting Nurse Service of
Among the major projects Dr. Feldman is currently directing are:
| 1) | CHAMP: Collaboration for Home Care Advances in Management and Practice, which is funded in part through generous grants from The Atlantic Philanthropies and The John A. Hartford Foundation. The purpose of CHAMP is to advance geriatric home care excellence and to embed in home health agencies the capacity for continuous practice improvement. CHAMP has the broad endorsement of key industry stakeholders such as the National Association for Home Care and Hospice, the Visiting Nurse Associations of America, and leading home care agencies across the country, and builds on a 4-year experience of demonstrated improvement in key home care processes and patient outcomes. |
| 2) | Using the Care Transitions Measure in Home Care Settings to Improve Outcomes and Reduce Hospital Readmissions, funded by The Commonwealth Fund. This study will test The Care Transitions Measures to see whether home health care agencies and other post-acute care providers can use it to: 1) assess how well a hospital prepares patients for home care; 2) predict the level of care resources new patients will require; 3) tailor services to patients’ individual needs; and 4) provide hospitals with feedback on their transitional care. The findings will aid efforts to reduce avoidable rehospitalizations and rein in spiraling costs. |
| 3) | Improving Medication Management Practices and Care Transitions Through Technology (IMPACT), funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. IMPACT is a randomized, controlled trial in which researchers are testing an innovative IT intervention designed to improve clinical practice and reduce the complexity of patients’ medication regimens. The intervention includes a medication complexity algorithm, a sophisticated alert system to flag patients at risk and electronically notify nurses on mobile computers so that they can avert possible danger, and an electronic decision support tool with specific practice recommendations to aid the nurse in improving medication management for high risk patients. |
| 4) | Home-Based BP Interventions for African Americans, with funding from the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute. This project is assessing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of two organizational interventions aimed at improving blood pressure (BP) control among a high-risk, African American home care population. |
| 5) |
Beatrice Renfield Nursing Research Program, funded by The Beatrice Renfield
Foundation to promote activities that develop and disseminate new models of
home health nursing practice and education.
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Journal Articles and Reports
Pezzin, L.E., Feldman, P.F., Mongoven, J.M., McDonald, M.V.,
Gerber, L.M., & Peng, T.R. 2010
Improving blood
pressure control: Results of home-based post acute care interventions.
Journal of General Internal Medicine . [Epub ahead of print]
Naylor MD, Feldman, P.H., Keating S, Koren MJ, Kurtzman ET, Maccoy MC, Krakauer R. 2009
Translating research into
practice: transitional care for older adults.
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 15:1164-1170.
Feldman, P.H.,
McDonald, M.V., Mongoven, J., Peng, T., Gerber, L., & Pezzin, L.E. 2009
Home-based blood pressure
interventions for blacks.
Circulation:
Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2(3): 241-248.
Understanding
the complexity of hypertensive African American home care patients: Challenges
to intervention.
Ethnicity & Disease: 19: 148-153
Naik, D., Totten, A., & Feldman, P.H. 2009.
Promoting
excellence in geriatric home care: Proceedings and findings from a national
conference.
Caring. 28(4):
32-36.
Mcdonald, M.V., King,
L.J., Moodie M., Feldman P.H., 2008.
Exploring Diabetic Care Deficiencies and Adverse Events in Home Healthcare
Journal of Healthcare Quality 30(6):5-12.
Ryvicker,
M., Marren, J., Sobolewski, S., Acampora, T.,
Flannery, M., Buff, E., Hess, A.M., Rosati,
R., Schwartz, T., & Feldman,
P.H. 2008. Feldman, P., Ryvicker, M., Rosati, R., Schwartz, T.,
Maduro, G. 2007.
Spreading Improvement Strategies within a Large Home
Healthcare Organization.
Journal for Healthcare
Quality. 30(2): 48-58.
HHA Partnering Collaborative Evaluation:
Practice/Policy Brief.
Prepared for the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation,
Feldman, P.H., Bridges, J.F.P., &
Peng, T. 2007.
Team Structure and Adverse Events in Home Health Care.
Medical Care, 45(6): 553-561.
Feldman, P.H., Clark, A., &
Bruno, L. 2006.
Advancing the agenda for home healthcare quality: conference proceedings and findings.
Home Healthcare Nurse, 24(5): 282-289.
Feldman, P.H., &
McDonald, M. 2006.
Clinical Guidelines and Recent Research on Hypertension and Heart Failure.
Home Healthcare Nurse, 24(1): 50-53.
Siegler, E.J., Murtaugh, C.M., Rosati,
R.J., Clark, A., Ruchlin, H., Sobolewski, S., Feldman, P.H., &
Callahan, M. 2006.
Improving the transition to home healthcare by rethinking the purpose and structure of the CMS 485: First steps.
Home Healthcare Services Quarterly, 25(3-4): 27-38.
Feldman, P., McDonald, M., Rosati, R., Murtaugh, C., Kovner, C.T., Goldberg, J.D. & King, L.
Exploring the potential utility of
automated drug alerts in home health care.
Journal of Healthcare Quality 28(1): 29-40.
Feldman, P.H., Murtaugh, C.M., Pezzin, L.E.,
McDonald, M.V., & Peng, T.R. 2005.
Just-in-time evidence-based e-mail "reminders" in home health care: Impact on patient outcomes.
Health Services Research, 40(3): 865-885.
McDonald, M.V., Pezzin, L.E., Feldman, P.H., Murtaugh, C.M., & Peng, T.R. 2005.
Can
just-in-time evidence-based "reminders" improve pain management among
home heatlh care nurses and their patients?
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 29(5): 474-488.
Murtaugh, C.M., Pezzin, L.E., McDonald, M.V., Feldman, P.H., &Peng, T.R.2005.
Just-in-time
evidence-based e-mail "reminders" in home health care: Impact on nurse
practices.
Health Services Research, 40(3): 849-864.
Stone, P.W., Harrison, M.I., Feldman, P., Linzer, M., Peng, T., Roblin, D., & Scott-Cawiezell, J. 2005.
Advances in patient safety: From research to implementation. Volumes 1-4, AHRQ Publication Nos. 050021 (1-4)
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Feldman, P.H. 2004.
Improving care for older people in the home health care setting:
Challenges for practice, education and policy.
National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice; Fourth Report to the Secretary of Health
& Human Services and the Congress.
Oberlink, M., Gursen, M., Simantov, E., & Feldman, P.H. 2004.
Livable communities for adults with disabilities.
Washington, DC: National Council on Disability.
Feldman, P.H., Peterson, L.E., Reische, L., Bruno, L., & Clark, A. Fall 2004.
Charting the course for home health care quality:
Action steps for achieving sustainable improvement. Conference Proceedings.
Home Healthcare Nurse, 22(12): 841-850.
Feldman, P.H., Oberlink, M.R., Simantov, E., & Gursen, M.D., 2004
A
tale of two older Americas: Community opportunities and challenges. The
AdvantAge Initiative 2003 National Survey of Adults Aged 65 and Older.
New York: The Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York.
Feldman, P.H., & Ahrens, J. Fall 2004.
Leveraging resources for home- and community-based services in a time of fiscal retrenchment. Conference Report.
New York: Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York.
Feldman,
P.H. 2004.
Interview
with a quality leader: Penny Feldman on home healthcare quality and
research.
Journal for Healthcare Quality, 26(3): 31-37.
Feldman, P.H., Peng, T.R., Murtaugh, C.M.,
Kelleher, C., Donelson, S.M., McCann, M.E., & Putnam, M.E. 2004.
A
randomized intervention to improve heart failure outcomes in
community-based home health care.
Home Healthcare Services Quarterly, 23(1): 1-23.
Feldman, P.H.& McDonald, M.V. 2004.
Conducting translation research in the home care setting: Lessons from a just-in-time reminder study.
World Views on Evidence Based Nursing, 1(1): 49-59.*
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Feldman, P.H., Oberlink, M., Rudin, D., Clay, J.,
Edwards, B. and Stafford, P.B. 2003.
Best
practices: Lessons for communities in supporting the health, well-being,
and independence of older people. AdvantAge Initiative Website.
Feldman, P.H., and Oberlink, M. 2003.
The
AdvantAge Initiative: Developing community indicators to promote the
health and well-being of older people.
Family and Community
Health Journal, 26(4): 268-274.
Feldman, P.H., Kane, R.L. 2003.
Strengthening
Research to Improve the Practice and Management of Long-Term Care Milbank
Quarterly.
Milbank Quarterly, 81(2): 179-220.
Rosati, R.J., Huang, L., Navaie-Waliser, M., & Feldman, P.H. 2003.
Risk factors for repeated hospitalizations
among home health care recipients.
Journal of Healthcare
Quality, 25(2): 38-45.
Nadash, P. and Feldman, P.H. 2003.
The
effectiveness of a "restorative" model of care for home care patients.
Home Healthcare Nurse, 21(6): 421-423.
Feldman, P.H. Summer 2003.
Review: No place
like home: A history of nursing and home care in the United States.
Contemporary Gerontology, 9(3).
Navaie-Waliser, M., Spriggs, A., & Feldman, P.H.
2002.
Informal caregivers as long-term care providers: Differential
experiences by gender.
Medical Care, 40(12): 1249-1259.
Peng, T.R., Navaie-Waliser, M., and Feldman, P.H.
2002.
Social support, service use, and health outcomes among elders
in home health care: Similarities and disparities by race/ethnicity.
The Gerontologist, 43(4).
Navaie-Waliser, M., Feldman, P.H., Gould, D.A.,
Levine, C., Kuerbis, A.N., and Donelan, K. March 2002.
When the
caregiver needs care: The plight of vulnerable caregivers
American Journal of Public Health, 92(3): 409-413.
Feldman, P.H., Nadash, P., and Gursen, M. 2001.
Improving communication between
researchers and policy makers in long-term care: Or, researchers are from
Mars, policy makers are from Venus.
New York, NY: Center
for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New
York.
Navaie-Waliser, M., Feldman, P.H., Gould, D.A.,
Levine, C., Kuerbis, A.N. and Donelan, K. 2001.
The experiences and
challenges of informal caregivers: Common themes and differences among
Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics.
The Gerontologist,
41(6):733-741.
Feldman, P.H., Nadash, P., and Gursen, M. 2001.
Improving communication between researchers and policy makers in
long-term care: Or, researchers are from Mars, policy makers are from
Venus.
The Gerontologist, 41(3):312-321.
Meredith, S., Feldman, P., Frey, D., Hall, K.,
Arnold, K., Brown, N. J., and Ray, W.A. 2001.
Possible medication
errors in home health care.
Journal of the American Geriatrics
Society, 49(6): 719-724.
Donelson, S., Murtaugh, C., Feldman, P., et al.
March 2001.
Clarifying the definition of homebound and medical
necessity using OASIS data.
Final Report prepared for the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (Contract #HHS-100-99-0020). New
York, NY: Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service
of NY.
Davidson, H., Schluger, N., Feldman, P., Valentine,
D., Telzak, E., and Laufer, F. 2000.
The effects of increasing
incentives on adherence to tuberculosis directly observed therapy.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 4(9):
860-865.
Stevenson, D., Murtaugh, C., Feldman, P., and Oberlink, M. Fall/Winter 2000. Expanding publicly financed assisted living and other residential alternatives for disabled older persons: Issues and options. Policy Brief. New York, NY: Center for Home Care Policy and Research.
Stevenson, D., Murtaugh, C., Feldman, P., and
Oberlink, M. Fall/Winter 2000. Expanding publicly financed managed
long-term care programs to provide greater access to home and
community-based care. Policy Brief.
New York, NY: Center for
Home Care Policy and Research.
Murtaugh, C., Stevenson, D., Feldman, P., and
Oberlink, M. Fall/Winter 2000. State expenditures on home and
community-based care for disabled elders. Fact Sheet.
New
York, NY: Center for Home Care Policy and Research.
Levine, C., Kuerbis, A.N., Gould, D.A.,
Navaie-Waliser, M., Feldman, P.H., and Donelan, K. 2000.
A survey
of family caregivers in New York City: Findings and implications for the
health care system.
New York: The United Hospital Fund.
Donelson, S. and Feldman, P. 2000.
How to
determine if PPS will provide adequate resources for your population: One
agency's experience.
Home Healthcare Nurse, 18(6):
363-369.
Murtaugh, C., Sparer, M., Feldman,
P., Lee, J.S., et al. 1999
State strategies for allocating
resources to home and community-based care.
Final report
submitted to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Fulmer, T., Feldman, P., Kim, T.S., Carty, B.,
Beers, M., Molina, M., and Putnam, M. 1999.
An intervention study
to enhance medication compliance in community-dwelling individuals.
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 25(8): 6-14.
Feldman, P. 1999.
Doing more for less:
Advancing the conceptual underpinnings of home-based care. Introductory
essay.
11(3): 261-276. Special Issue on Long-Term Care. Journal
of Aging and Health, ed. P. Feldman. Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage
Publications.
Feldman, P. 1998.
Work force issues and
quality of long-term care.
Commissioned by the Committee on
Improving Quality in Long-Term Care, Division of Health Care Services,
Institute of Medicine as a background document for Wunderlich, G.S., and
Kohler, P., Editors; Improving the quality of long-term care, National
Academy Press, 2001.
Feldman, P., Gold, M., and Heiser, N. 1998.
Improving the use of data in health policymaking: Lessons from RWJFÌs
Information for State Health Policy Program.
Washington, DC:
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Feldman, P., Donelson, S., and Gagen, D. 1997.
Evaluating outcomes in the home care setting.
Monitor,
Medical Outcomes Trust, Boston, MA. 2(4): 14-16.
Feldman, P., Latimer, E., and Davidson, H. 1997.
Reply to Hornbrook on doing policy-relevant evaluation
research.
Health Services Research, (32)1: 123-125.
Feldman, P. 1997.
State variations in
Medicare expenditures. An editorial.
American Journal of Public
Health, 87(10): 1595-1596.
Feldman, P., Gold, M., and Chu, K. 1997.
State
health policy information: What worked?
Health Affairs, 16(1):
207-210.
Feldman, P. and Bishop, C. 1997.
Medicare
home health care services. Letter to the Editor.
New England
Journal of Medicine, 336(3): 226.
Feldman, P. and Murtaugh, C. 1997.
Medicare
home health payment reform. Letter to the Editor.
Health
Affairs, 16(2): 260-261.
Feldman, P., Latimer, E., and Davidson, H. 1996.
Medicaid-funded home care for the frail elderly and disabled:
evaluating the cost savings and outcomes of a service delivery reform.
Health Services Research, 31(4): 487-506.
Feldman, P. ed. 1994.
On the Home Front: The Job fo the Home Aide.
Generations, 18(3): 16-19
Feldman, P. 1994.
"Dead-end" work or
motivating job? Prospects for frontline paraprofessional workers in
long-term care.
Generations, 18(3): 5-10.
Feldman, P., Sapienza, A., and Kane, N. 1994.
On the home front: The job of the home aide.
Generations, 18(3): 16-19.
Feldman, P., Gold, M., and Chu, K. 1994.
Enhancing information for state health policy formation.
Health Affairs, 18(2): 236-250.
Davidson, H., Feldman, P., and Crawford, S. 1994.
Measuring depressive symptoms in the elderly.
Journal of
Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 49(4): 159-164.
Feldman, P. 1993.
Labor market issues in home
care.
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government:
Faculty Research Working Paper Series, R94-3.
Feldman, P. 1993.
Work life improvements for
the home aide work force: impact and feasibility.
The
Gerontologist, 33(1): 47-54.
Feldman, P., Putnam, S., and Gerteis, M. 1992.
Foundation-funded commissions and their impact on health
policy.
Health Affairs, 11(4): 207-225.
Feldman, P. and Zacker, H. 1991.
Key issues
in the survival and implementation of the Massachusetts Health Security
Act.
Harvard School of Public Health.
Feldman, P. 1991.
Worker recruitment and
retention in the home care industry: Strategies for averting a future
worker shortage.
Invitational Conference on Home Care Personnel
Issues, Bigel Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University.
Feldman, P. 1990.
Report on the New York City
Field Support Demonstration.
Harvard School of Public Health
(For the New York City Human Resources Administration).
Feldman, P. 1989.
The Ford Home Care Project:
Reducing turnover among paraprofessionals.
Caring, 8(2):
28-29.
Stoto, M., Blumenthal, D., Durch, J., and Feldman,
P. 1988.
Federal funding for AIDS: Decision process and results.
Background paper for Committee on a National Strategy for AIDS, Institute
of Medicine.
Review of Infectious Diseases, 10(2): 406-419.
Feldman, P. and Gerteis, M. 1987.
Private
insurance for Medicaid recipients: the Texas experience.
Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law, 12(2): 271-298.
Feldman, P. 1985.
Impact of the maternal and
child health block grant on programs for the poor, 1981-1983.
Harvard School of Public Health.
Feldman, P. 1985.
Medicaid managed care: an
early assessment.
Harvard University, School of Public
Health.
Books/Chapters in Books
Feldman, P.H., Nadash, P., and Gursen, M.D. 2007.
Long-term Care.
In: Jonas and Kovner's Health Care
Delivery in the United States (9th ed.), A.R. Kovner and J.R. Knickman, (Eds).
New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Feldman, P.H., Nadash, P., and Gursen, M.D. 2005.
Long-term Care.
In: Jonas and Kovner's Health Care
Delivery in the United States (8th ed.), A.R. Kovner and J.R. Knickman, (Eds).
New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Pynoos, J., Feldman, P.H., & Ahrens, J. (Eds.). 2005.
Linking housing and services for older adults: Obstacles, options, and opportunities.
Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc.
To view the introduction and first chapter in their entirety, please click here.
Feldman, P., Nadash, P., and Gursen, M.D. 2002.
Long-term Care.
In: Jonas and Kovner's Health Care
Delivery in the United States (7th ed.), Kovner, A.R. and Jonas S., eds.
New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Feldman, P. 1999.
From post-acute to chronic
care: Cost and policy implications of Medicare home health expansion.
In: Advances in Long-Term Care. Vol. IV, Katz, P., Kane, R., Mezey,
M., eds.
New York: Springer Publications.
Feldman, P. 1999.
Labor market issues in
home-based care.
In: Home-Based Care for a New Century, Fox, D.
and Raphael, C., eds. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers.
Feldman, P., Sapienza, A., and Kane, N.
1990.
Who Cares for Them? Workers in the U.S. Home Care
Industry, Connecticut: Greenwood-Praeger Press.
Feldman, P. and Sapienza, A. 1989.
Quality of
work life in the home care industry.
In: Human Resource
Management in the Health Care Sector: Guide for Administrators and
Professionals, Sethi, A. and Schuler, R., eds. Connecticut: Greenwood
Press.
Feldman, P. 1987.
Recruiting an Elite:
Admission to Harvard College.
New York: Garland Publishing
Co.
Greenberg, G. and Feldman, P. 1985.
New
Federalism and state support for technology assessment.
In:
Assessing Medical Technologies, Institute of Medicine. Washington, D.C.:
National Academy Press.
Blumenthal, D., Feldman, P., and Zeckhauser, R.
1981.
Misuse of technology: A symptom, not the disease.
In: Critical Issues in Medical Technology, McNeil, B, ed.
Massachusetts: Auburn House.
Feldman, P. and Roberts, M. 1980.
Magic
bullets or seven card stud: Understanding health care
regulation.
In: Issues in Health Care Regulation, Gordon, R.,
ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Feldman, P. 1980.
The impact of third party
payment on professional practice: Lessons from the Medical profession.
In: Regulating the Professionals: A Public Policy Symposium, Blair,
R. and Rubin, S., eds. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books/D.C. Heath.
Feldman, P. and Zeckhauser, R. 1978.
Some
sober thoughts on health care regulation.
In: Regulating
American Business, Argyris, et al. San Francisco, CA: Institute of
Contemporary Studies, 93-123.
Reviews
Medicaid decisions: A systematic analysis of the
cost problem.
In: Social Service Review. December,
1981.
Strategic planning in health care management.
In: New England Journal of Medicine. 1981. 305(25): 1535-1536.
Health care systems and comparative manpower
policies.
In: New England Journal of Medicine, 1981.
305(25): 1535.
